Darkness at Bamiyan was written in a period spanning 2002-03. The following excerpt from the Foreword of the book written by Amol Titus describes his thought process during its creation. “Like many ordinary citizens living in these troubled times I, though physically far removed from Bamiyan in Afghanistan, too was pained by the senseless acts that culminated in the destruction of the ancient statues called Shahmama and Sol Sol.